The Critic

Prince

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 04:01 PM) I'm sure its no "Ready to Rumble." Well, you can't top perfection.

I have a full head of slowly graying hair, minus a small thinning patch on the crown. So many guys shave their head now that it's kind of refreshing to see someone sport the Ring Of Hair.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 03:50 PM) Anyone else following much on "The Wrestler" movie? It's being directed by the guy who did "pi" and "Requiem for a Dream" starring mickey Rourke. Supposed to be really great. Ebert says it's a comeback role for Mickey Rourke. I'm lukewarm on it so far - I have to see some trailers or something before I decide to see it or not.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 03:26 AM) Why is Jermaine Dye not an MVP candidate? Obviously he is, but he's been nearly as valuable as Quentin has. He's just so damn quiet that he doesn't even seem to garner the consideration for the award. I'm really interested to see who it's awarded to, so that's something I'll be looking forward to. JD got the MVP when it counted......

And you missed my category... Football? Maybe if no NHL hockey, minor league hockey, baseball, MMA, soccer, poker, pro bowling, comedy specials, CSI reruns, episodes of The Soup, wrestling, cooking shows, boxing matches, reality shows like The Ultimate Fighter, or local cable access video shows are on...

I'm happy because I have every confidence that they'll replace it with something much better.

Your 2008 White Sox: Hoping To Run Backwards Slower Than The Twins

QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 01:11 PM) 8. Against Me! - Piss and Vinegar I'm so late to the party with this band, and I'm sure I suck by listening to them in reverse order (New Album first, then back catalog) but they are awesome either way. I love New Wave, but supposedly that's their "sell out" album? If by "sellout" you mean "best", then yes, it is their sellout album.

I love the look on Trujillo's face.

Everclear - One Hit Wonder Faith No More - Midlife Crisis Wings - Maybe I'm Amazed Chicago - Beginnings The Smithereens - Drown In My Own Tears Gluecifer - Sputnik Monroe Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Stairway To Heaven Swervedriver - Harry and Maggie The Generators - Voices In His Head Machine Head - A Nation On Fire and the super-special I Hate Damn Near Everyone I Work With Today bonus track IS....... Supersuckers - Psyched Out

Mine is a little-known number called "office phone". It sounds a lot like an office phone. My text message tone is called "doorbell".

Much better quality video of the Snake meltdown: http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1794987209

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) She Sell Sanctuary by The Cult when my home phone calls. It is my sanctuary afterall. Nervous Breakdown by Black Flag when a call comes from work. Still deciding what others should be. If I ever called you, you could have Brides of Destruction "Shut The f*** Up" as the ringtone. Or "Hey Stoopid" by Alice Cooper. Or "You're A Bore" by Oxymoron.

So I hear there's a fan-created remix of Death Magnetic out there on the Interweb. If I had heard it, chances are I'd probably say I like that version better because the fat has been trimmed from the songs, tightening them up to a more logical length and flow. Of course, that's if I had heard it..... ....oh, and Unforgiven III blows at any length, except maybe 0:01.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 03:52 PM) The bolded is ridiculous. Two games in mid September for a team with a huge lead for best record in the NL will have no affect on if they make the world series or not. And they couldn't have put it in Arlington or Tampa, the Rangers are at home today as are the Rays. The Royals are also at home today, it rained a lot in St. Louis yesterday, and so on. You also don't want to put the game outside, as you are at the mercy of the conditions. It shouldn't have been put in Milwaukee, but this isn't as easy as people think. Move THEM to Milwaukee!!! Then it would be a true neutral site game for FOUR teams!!!

Jake The Embarrassment Roberts, at it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRTg6l_A2A I was watching this when my wife walked by and said "He's still alive???". I wonder how long until the answer to that question changes.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 09:43 PM) "R-O-W-D-I-E, That's the way you spell Rowdy. Rowdy! Let's get rowdy! OOOOOooooooooooooooooo!" I hate it. I hate it because it glorifies the incorrect spelling of the word "rowdy". I think I hate that bellowing hot dog guy even more than the ROWDIE thing, although both are horrible.

Soundgarden - Birth Ritual Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - An American Girl AC/DC - Bad Boy Boogie Sugar - Come Around Tank - It Fell From The Sky The Wildhearts - S.I.N. (In Sin) Warmachine - To Hell And Back Fleetwood Mac - I Don't Want To Know Sloppy Seconds - The Kids Are All Drunk We Are Scientists - Textbook Super-secret "Damn, it's been a long time since we had a shuffle thread" bonus track: Hot Snakes - Hair and DNA

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 10:46 PM) My ex-wife Shrew

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 07:18 PM) It kinda pisses me off to turn the game on and see Miller filled with Cub fans. Oy ve. Well, you would be fooling yourself to think it would be any other way.

Ward

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 13, 2008 -> 12:41 PM) Sorry, haters. Death Magnetic rocks. Live with it. No tinty drums. It's better than I expected. Here's my take: Pluses: Good guitar tones James doesn't yodel on most songs, and there are little or no effects on his vocals Guitar solos are back Minuses: Songs seem "long for long's sake" and seem kind of pieced together I hear a lot of "recycled" riffs ("oh, there's Battery.....there's Fade To Black.......there's.....") The Unforgiven III Drums now sound like there is newspaper stuffed in the snare All in all, I'd say it's their 6th-best release behind Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, Garage Days Revisited (NOT "Re-Revisited) and ....And Justice For All, but there's a very wide gap between those 5 and Death Magnetic in my view. I know it's not fair to them to expect anything as good as their early work, and they put out a decent disc, which I doubted their ability to do anymore.

I'm going to hold my rage, since both games will likely be rained out anyway.

I'm not sure I like it, but something had to be done. Tallon painted himself into a corner cap-wise with the goalie situation, and no one's going to offer anything for Khabibulin until a starting goalie gets injured. So DT had to clear salary to squeak under the cap. A 2nd rounder makes it a little more palatable, though. I liked Lang all right - it seemed like he could produce a little bit and stayed relatively healthy. The Hawks are really young - maybe too young now. We'll see if The Kids Can Play.